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Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup gets better-than-expected 320-mile EPA range with extended battery pack

March 21, 2022
Ford received its EPA ratings for more versions of its upcoming F-150 Lightning electric pickup. The Extended Range versions with the bigger battery pack are getting a better-than-expected 320-mile EPA range. Ford is preparing to start production and deliveries of the F-150 Lightning, an electric pickup truck, to help accelerate the electrification of the massive segment of the auto industry in…
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Tesla hikes Megapack prices as backlog extends to next year

March 21, 2022
Tesla is significantly increasing the price of the Megapack – its utility-scale battery pack – as the backlog of new orders extends into 2023. Back in 2019, Tesla launched the Megapack; it was Tesla’s third stationary energy storage product after the Powerwall and Powerpack. A single Megapack unit is a container-sized 3 MWh battery system with integrated modules, inverters, and thermal…
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North Korea’s Propaganda Photographers Rely on the Nikon D750

March 21, 2022
A new report that looked at the EXIF data from the North Korean state media photos has given some insight into what equipment photographers in the country are using. Nikon was the most favored last year, specifically the 2014 D750 DSLR. NK Pro, a site that offers detailed analysis, research tools, and data for professionals working on North Korea, has published a report on the top cameras…
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Video: Tour the Kodak factory and see how it makes its photographic film support base

March 21, 2022
Engineer and educator Destin Sandlin, from the YouTube channel ‘Smarter Every Day,‘ loves analog film photography. ‘There’s something to me about being able to capture a memory in a physical object with light and physics and chemistry. It’s just beautiful.’ In a video last summer, Sandlin investigated how film photography works and visited Indie Film Lab in…
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